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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Investment and Hedging Instruments and Techniques
DFA6212
3
0
3

Description
Financial instruments, risk in investment, risk management process, Risk and Returns measures, The modern portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), The arbitrage pricing theory (APT), financial markets and intermediaries, different investment tools and their markets, mutual funds, market efficiency and anomalies, Analysis of fixed income securities, bond valuation and duration, stock valuation models, dividend discount model, other related issues, Sharpe and Treynor indices, investing in securitized instruments, international financial instruments and international funds (including pension funds); creating synthetic securities, using derivatives(swaps, forwards and futures, options) to manage risks.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT Department of Finance and Accounting
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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